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WARTED PLATYSTACUS. 



Platystacus Verrucosus. P.fitscus, supra tineia 



verrucosis, puma aid brevi. 

 Brown Platystacus, marked above by longitudinal warted lines, 



with short anal tin. 



Platysracus verrucosus. P. pinna am breci. Block, t. 3/3. /. 3. 

 Aspredo cauda subrotunda, &c. Grunov. mus. 2, p. 5. t. 5.f. 3. 



MUCH allied in general appearance to the 

 two preceding species, but smaller and of a less 

 elongated form: .mouth furnished with six beards: 

 first ray of the pectoral fins of similar appearance 

 with those of the former species : dorsal fin slightly 

 rounded : anal fin rather short : tail short and 

 rounded : body marked above by three or four lon- 

 gitudinal rows of smaller warts on each side from 

 breast to tail : colour brown above, paler beneath. 

 Native of the Indian seas. 



EEL-SHAPED PLATYSTACUS. 



Platystacus Anguillaris. P. fuscu.s, striis longitudinalibus albis, 



pinna ani, caudce^ dorsique sccundo connatis. 

 Brown Platystacus, with longitudinal white stripes, and the 



second dorsal, anal, and caudal fin united. 

 Platystacus anguillaris. P. pinna ani cauda: dorsique sccundo 



connatis. Block, t. 3?3.f. 1. 



LENGTH twelve or fifteen inches : form less broad 

 in front, than in the preceding species ; mouth fur- 

 nishcd with eight beards of moderate length ; two 



